Yulia Stanislavovna Kapitanova is a senior lecturer in the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language at the Institute of International Educational Programs, Moscow State Linguistic University. Her professional interests include Russian lexicology and lexicography, as well as the methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language. She has 14 years of experience in the field of teaching Russian as a foreign language, 8 of which were spent at Lomonosov Moscow State University.